Nortel Communication Server 100 Manual page 162

162 Carrier Remote IPE maintenance
Table 30
Carrier Remote IPE equipment problems (cont'd.)
Symptoms
Near and far end
Alarm Level 2 or
Alarm Level 3.
Messages corrupted
(ERR080).
Local Carrier Interface card fault isolation and correction
The Local Carrier Interface card provides a communication interface
between the CPU and the Remote Carrier Interface card.
The Local Carrier Interface card processes signaling information and data
received from the Remote Carrier Interface card over the carrier link.
Problems with the Local Carrier Interface card can be caused by hardware
faults, incorrect configuration, a disabled Local Carrier Interface card, or
continuity problems between the card and other network cards connected
to the network bus. To isolate and correct the Local Carrier Interface
card-related problems, see
Interface card status" (page
Carrier Interface card self-test" (page
the Local Carrier Interface system loopback tests" (page
Checking the Local Carrier Interface card status
The diagnosis in
(page 160)
disabled. The first step in identifying the problem is to verify the status of
the Local Carrier Interface card. The status of a Local Carrier Interface
card is obtained by executing the STAT sl command in Maintenance and
Diagnostic Program LD 32.
To obtain the Local Carrier Interface card status, follow the steps in
Procedure 37 "Checking the Local Carrier Interface card status" (page
163).
Diagnosis
Carrier network, and/or
intelligent peripheral
equipment failure.
Hardware problems.
Procedure 37 "Checking the Local Carrier
Table 30 "Carrier Remote IPE equipment problems"
indicates that the Local Carrier Interface card may be faulty or
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Solution
Query the alarm status on carrier links by
entering the D A L [P] command to display the
near-end log file and D A D [P] to display the
far-end log file. Check alarm settings with D C
command.
Check Procedure 37 "Checking the Local
Carrier Interface card status" (page
163) through Procedure 41 "Performing
the Remote Carrier Interface card loopback test"
(page 173).
163), Procedure 38 "Performing the Local
165), and Procedure 39 "Performing
168).